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Coseano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Maggiore 1, Coseano.

Coseano, the Friulian countryside between Udine and San Daniele

Coseano is a municipality in central Friuli, west of Udine, in the band of countryside that rises gently towards the San Daniele hills. It is split into small hamlets, each with its own church and cluster of houses, among farmed fields, hedgerows and rows of trees. Udine is the reference for work, hospital and university, a fairly short drive away.

For buyers, Coseano mainly offers detached houses, small villas and old Friulian homes with courtyards, some rebuilt or strengthened after the 1976 earthquake. For older houses, ask for the paperwork on that work and on any more recent jobs. This is climate zone E, with cold winters, so insulation and heating should be weighed together with the price.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,012 residents in 2023, down 10.5% since 2011. The average age is 49.7 against 48.5 in the province of Udine, and 29.6% are over 65. Foreign residents make up 6.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The seismic zone is 2, as for 70 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.208 g, a high value. That makes the quality of the structure as important as the location: walls, floors, roof and ties should be seen by an engineer. Along the local watercourses, the report reads the official flood maps for the address.

Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published, and the report reaches the plot from the address.

Key points

  • Central Friuli, west of Udine towards San Daniele.
  • Population down 10.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.208 g.
  • Older houses: ask for the paperwork on past work.

Overview

Coseano is a municipality in the province of Udine, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,012 residents, ranked 75 of 134 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Coseano is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (71 of 134) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.208 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Coseano, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 10.5%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Coseano declared an average taxable income of 23,366 euros, below the provincial average (25,508 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Coseano is in climate zone E, with 2,328 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 121 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Coseano has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 sports facilities.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 9.7% of the land in Coseano, compared with 6.8% in the province and 8.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Coseano is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia in 2024. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is high. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Coseano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Coseano: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Coseano are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 16 inhabited census areas in Coseano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 67.7%
  • good 32.3%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 030031. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.